Beyond a doubt countless of people strive to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "charming pros" of the game. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition earnings amounted to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he captured two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they will be able to improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 and 2004 he placed in the money in well over 100 tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.